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		<title>WordPress 3.0 Released</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re big fans of WordPress so today is a big day for us. After many months of hard word, the WordPress team released version 3.0 today of the open source CMS, code-named “Thelonious”. Among the big new features: WordPress and WordPressMU have merged, so it&#8217;s now possible to run multiple sites from one install There&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get Your Blog Off The Ground</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 18:04:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo by Kristina B Used correctly, a blog can be one of the most effective ways to promote your business online. Company focused blogs can be used to post information and news about your business to current and potential customers. Over time, blogs can also be a great source of search engine traffic. Anyone can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10 Things Most Real Estate Agents Are Doing Wrong With Their Websites (and How to Fix Them!)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:06:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Pushing keywords more than their message. It&#8217;s great showing up at the top of search engine rankings, but most people only use the web to research or confirm their decisions. No one will pick an agent only because their at the top of the search results. 2. Having a generic domain. Lethbridge-real-estate-agent-for-buyers.com may work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using a CDN to Speed Up Your Website</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speeding up your website with a CDN is easier than you think using SimpleCDN. What&#8217;s a CDN CDN stands for Content Delivery Network. CDNs come in many forms, but the basic ideas is they will host your non-dynamic content (images, js, css) on an array of servers all over the world that are optimized for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Google Services You Should be Using With Your Website</title>
		<link>http://designspike.ca/2010/01/5-google-services-you-should-be-using-with-your-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Google Analytics &#8211; See where your visitors are coming from, what they click on, how long they stay. 2. Google AdWords &#8211; Send targeted traffic to your site for pennies a click. When teamed up with Google Analytics, you can effectively track how much return you&#8217;re getting for those clicks. 3. Google Website Optimizer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Making Your WordPress Site More Secure</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 23:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WordPress is a great CMS that&#8217;s not only good for running blogs, but small websites as well. Because it&#8217;s so popular, it&#8217;s become a favourite target for hackers. If you&#8217;re running WordPress, you&#8217;ll want to keep it secure. Here are a few tips to keep you out of harm&#8217;s way Tips Make sure you&#8217;re running [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Should Use a Email Newsletter Service Instead of Outlook For Your Email Newsletter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We recommend all our clients have a regular newsletter. There are many benefits to doing this (read more about that here). Often the first question that comes up is why pay extra for a service when I can do this for free with Outlook? First an overview. There are email newsletters services and there are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Estimates: Comparing Apples to Apples</title>
		<link>http://designspike.ca/2009/10/estimates-comparing-apples-to-apples/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We don&#8217;t get every job we bid on, but generally speaking we&#8217;re fairly successful at securing projects. When we lose a bid it hurts, but that&#8217;s life. Losing for us usually comes down to one of the following factors. We couldn&#8217;t do the project in the timeline required Our past work wasn&#8217;t suited to this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Website &quot;Faux Pas&quot;</title>
		<link>http://designspike.ca/2009/10/7-website-faux-pas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Basics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://designspike.ca/?p=235</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[1. Designed by &#8230;. at the Bottom of Your Site Your website is a marketing tool for your business. It should be optimized for building your brand and promoting your business. This link (often added without permission), is essentially free advertising directing people to another site. Would you tolerate someone hi-jacking your business cards or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why You Don&#039;t Want a Flash Only Website</title>
		<link>http://designspike.ca/2009/10/why-you-shouldnt-have-a-flash-only-website/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve seen the sites. They start with loader and launch you into a complete sensory experience. Immersive sounds, fancy effects, dazzling animation. You think to yourself, &#8220;I wish I had a site like that!&#8221;. I&#8217;m gonna tell you why you don&#8217;t. The WOW Factor For most people the main reason to go with a Flash [...]]]></description>
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